Donors beware
Are you an organ donor? If so, you may want to pay attention. A lawsuit was recently filed against the New York Organ Donor network. Whistleblower Patrick McMahon alleged that the Donor Network harvested organs prematurely. Inside the lawsuit, McMahon explains how he witnessed a case where a patient was classified as brain dead, about to have their organs harvested, and then needed tranquilizer medication because they were not immobile. Doctors are pressured to declare patients brain-dead when there still may have been a means to save the patient. At the same time, families of patients were pressured give consent to the donor network if the patient was not already a donor.